Centil partner joins Bishkek Alliance Française
Kerim Begaliev, a partner at Centil Law Firm’s Bishkek office, has been elected a member of the Administrative Council of the Alliance Française de Bichkek (the Bishkek branch of the Alliance...
View ArticleGovernance – what does good look like?
All organisations agree that embedding good governance is a key part of their agenda. Despite this consensus, ‘good governance’ is an elusive concept, meaning different things to different firms. This...
View ArticleEx-Saxo Bank director joins Bovill investment and brokerage team
Bovill has appointed Jacob Wissum to advise investment banks and brokerage firms in Hong Kong and Singapore. Jacob has worked in the banking sector for nearly ten years. Prior to Bovill he was Head of...
View ArticleBovill names ex-Deloitte director as managing consultant
Bovill has appointed Terry Sahathevan as Managing Consultant of its newly established Markets Team. Terry Sahathevan has more than 25 years’ experience in regulation and compliance, having spent time...
View ArticleBovill appoints ex-PwC manager to insurance team
Bovill has appointed Twewah Marfo to join its newly established Insurance and Governance Team. Twewah Marfo has nearly 15 years of experience in financial regulation and compliance. Twewah has held a...
View ArticleBovill wins Best EIS Regulatory Adviser award
Bovill has won the award for Best EIS Regulatory Adviser 2016 at the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association Awards. Bovill has a dedicated Private Equity and Venture Capital team that looks after...
View ArticleCollas Crill listed at a Top 30 offshore law firm
Collas Crill has been listed as one of the Top 30 Global Offshore Law Firms by The Lawyer magazine. Collas Crill has risen up the ranks to number 10, overtaking Bedell Cristin. The post Collas Crill...
View ArticleMaravela & Asociatii reinforces its partner ranks
Dana Radulescu, formerly Insolvency Partner, is now a Partner within the advisory practice group of Maravela & Asociatii. Valedictorian of Bucharest University Law School, Dana also holds a...
View ArticleSenior conveyancer joins Ogier’s Jersey property team
Experienced property professional Jonathan Dauny has joined Ogier’s top-tier Property Law team as a senior conveyancer. Jonathan has almost 17 years’ experience in the local property sector, working...
View ArticleTransactions expert Zita Albert joins Schoenherr Budapest
Zita Albert has joined Schoenherr as local partner in Budapest. A Hungarian attorney with over 13 years’ experience in M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions across the CEE, she will...
View ArticleDLA to merge with Portuguese relationship firm ABBC
DLA Piper has announced plans to integrate Portuguese relationship firm ABBC after a six-year best friends relationship. ABBC, which has worked as DLA’s relationship partner since 2010 and has strong...
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Linklaters appoints new global head of real estate
Linklaters has appointed UK real estate head Andy Bruce as global head of real estate. Andy BruceBruce will succeed partner Yves Moreau, who has held the posistion since 2011. His term, which starts...
View ArticleMorgan Lewis launches flexible working in UK and US
Associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius will be able to work from home for up to two days per week from 1 May, as the US firm launches a remote working policy. The American-founded firm trialled the...
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International Women’s Day: Stop ‘fixing women’ and put them in management
On International Women’s Day, Reed Smith Europe and Middle East managing partner Tamara Box has written a piece for The Lawyer on diversity in leadership, and why law firms are missing the mark Tamara...
View ArticleThis changes everything – video
In recent years, the historically changeless legal industry has begun to shake itself awake. Clients are demanding control, firms are looking to be more efficient and new entrants are innovating ways...
View ArticleThe big idea in law – video
We’ve always struggled with the classic “elevator pitch” on Axiom. Thirty seconds becomes two minutes which soon becomes seven. We like to chalk it up to an overabundance of passion rather than a...
View ArticlePortuguese Criminal Forum
On 10 and 17 March the Republic Assembly will host the misconductions colloquium, promoted by the Criminal Forum, of which Sofia Ribeiro Branco, partner, is a member. With the theme “Counter-orders –...
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Former Linklaters boss Elliott named Irish bank chairman
Former Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott has been appointed chairman of Dublin-headquartered bank Permanent TSB Group. He will continue to act as a “partner consultant” for the firm, advising...
View ArticleCompliance Officers’ Club – first meeting in Lisbon
Alexandra Resina da Silva, as company secretary, represents VdA at the Thomson Reuters Compliance Community in Portugal, a forum to share experiences, hold debates, anticipate trends and regulations,...
View ArticleE-commerce presentation to commercial litigation post-grad students
Magda Cocco and Sofia Ribeiro Branco, partners, recently spoke at FDUL (Law University) as part of the ADVANCED POST-GRADUATE COURSE oN COMMERCIAL LITIGATION. The partners were responsible for the...
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